Tailey

"Tailey"

You know, it's bad enough when you have just one tail that won't shut up - imagine having three! Now imagine that those three tails are really bossy, always telling you where to go, what to do, who not to talk to, etc.! NOW imagine that those three tails are really stupid on top of everything else - I don't think I'd be too happy with that situation, would you?

Tailey was painted for the June Nibblefest contest, our theme is "Things With Tails."

Mr. FluffySpock

I feel like I've been talking about Mr. FluffySpock forever. Well he's finally here, the much-anticipated second installment in my Wibble Trek series.

"Mr. FluffySpock"
in
"The Trouble with Eyeballs"

"Sensors indicate an alien life form approaching ..."

That Mr. FluffySpock! Always futzing about with his tricorder, detecting alien life forms and such. In this pivotal scene, Mr. FluffySpock is about to make contact with an eyePod from the planet Oculus 5 (with results that are sure to send Pankirk and the crew reeling!!) I'm not going to give away the rest of the plot, but I tell you it's a good one!

Live Long and Prospurrrrrr!

Scary Toys

As promised, here's the model for my painting, "M U R D E R":

Pandy

And here's his buddy:

Brownby

Seriously, are these scary or what?

The Secret Life of Toys, the Serial Killer Edition

"M U R D E R !"

Before you get all panicky, take a deep breath and remember the #1 rule in Wibbley World - "Nothing bad ever happens," so we should be safe. Hey, I just noticed that looks just like my house he's leaving - I don't think I like that!

I painted this ACEO for the May Nibblefest contest, "The Secret Life of Toys." This is a portrait (from life, something I don't do a lot!) of an actual marionette I have along with his demented brown bear associate, and I swear I can hear them saying "mmmuuurrrdddeeerrr" when they think I'm not paying attention. These are some seriously disturbing looking "toys" (I'm not sure when they were made, the heads are composition though so they're pretty old), maybe they were designed to keep the naughty children in check.

The Secret Life of Toys

"I thought that kid would NEVER go to sleep! And where the heck is Andy, he was supposed to be here 15 minutes ago?!!"

Dolls these days!! I guess it's true that you just can't get good help anymore. On the other hand, at least she's not stealing the jewelry or breaking the fine china.

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This is my latest Nibblefest entry, our theme this month is "The Secret Life of Toys." All entries start at just 99¢, no reserve!

Illustration Friday - Contagious

Those measles sure are contagious, aren't they! But that doesn't mean that you can't still have fun, especially when your best friend gets them at the same time.

"Measles"
3" x 4" Genesis heat-set oils

Illustration Friday - Parade

It's been a long time since I participated in Illustration Friday, so I thought I'd enter this one since the topic is "Parade":

"The Parade"

3"x3", oil on illustration board

Mr. Sainesbury

Mr. Sainesbury
American Gentleman

Mr. Sainesbury is looking quite proper and dignified in his bowler hat, bow tie and pipe, it's easy to see why the nickname for the Boston Terrier is the "American Gentleman". Of course whoever came up with that nickname obviously never met Mr. Wiggles, the alter-ego of Mr. Sainesbury. In fact, if Sainesbury had gone to medical school, I'd venture to say that these two were the Jekyll and Hyde of Dogdom. In case you've forgotten Mr. Wiggles, here's a recent pic:

Mr. Wiggles*
Unspiration for this painting

Don't get me wrong, we love Mr. Wiggles dearly, he's just not particularly dignified.

Wibble Trek

I had some computer problems last week (lost my hard drive!!) which put me behind on updates (well even more behind than usual!). Anyway, here's my latest, I know some of you've seen it already, but here it is anyway:

Captain Pankirk
in
"The Infinite Vulcan"

Beam me up, Buttons!!

Looks like Captain Pankirk has come to rescue Spock from yet another fix he's gotten himself into!

This is a painting of Captain Pankirk (played by Pancakes) in one of my favorite Star Trek, the Animated Series' stories, "The Infinite Vulcan" (adapted by Alan Dean Foster from a script by Walter Koenig). In case your memory is a little rusty, on a routine mission to Phylos, Spock is mysteriously kidnapped - he faces a dubious future! Now I know you're probably saying, "Wait a second platypus, surely you know there weren't any tribbles in that story!" Well, thats just me taking a little artistic license - tribbles are fun to paint!

This is the first in my "Cat Trek" series - key scenes from memorable episodes portrayed by cats!

Lots of new Wibbleys!

I just listed three ACEO's (trading card sized original oil paintings, also known as ATC's or Artists Trading Cards) on Ebay for the March "Asian Inspired" contest. I have a lot more ACEO's that I've done and will post soon, and tons more in the works.

"Ghost Cat" (Pluto)

All of these ACEO's + the ones I haven't posted yet have been assigned planets. I'll explain that in another post. Anyway this one's Pluto (and yes I still consider Pluto to be a planet).

"Noodle Night" (Saturn)
(the idea for this one came from my husband, Chris!)

"Ho Chung" (Uranus)

"Elephant of Mystery"

This is an 8.5" x 11" drawing by my daughter Violet. This is Violet's first Nibblefest contest, I'm so proud of her!

Please click on the images to see the auctions!